When I was in Toronto I had the good fortune to hear an advance copy of Montreal-based indie outfit Wolf Parade’s forthcoming album, At Mount Zoomer (due out June 17th). Suffices to say, I was very impressed; this will surely be one of my favorite albums of 2008. The track below is a stand-out on the album, but still just the tip of the iceberg. And yes, the cover looks like a 3rd grade class project gone awry, but the colors bring it together and make it somewhat bearable and after all, this is the standard visually ironic fare I would expect from a release like this. As we learned the other day, sometimes a bad album cover can mean great things are hiding on the inside.
Wolf Parade – Soldier’s Grin
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cherry-
it seems to be working fine over here….tested on FF and IE.
i loved “apologies to the queen mary,” cant wait for a new release from these crazy kids.
Music played normally in my browser Opera. Interesting sound of the band, but I did not like the cover…
Sounds good. Is this the same guy from Handsome Furs? Sounds just like him.
Joshua –
I know the singer Spencer Krug is in a few bands like Frog Eyes, Sunset Rubdown, and Swan Lake but i think Dan Boeckner is in the Handsome Furs and also on a few things with Subtle.
This song reminds me of hard sour candy that the band interpol would make if they were to be candy makers.
The production on this track is amazing. Love it!